Sofa
- Published/Created:
- Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1770–1790 - Physical Description:
- 36 x 79 1/2 x 32 in.
- Materials:
- Mahogany (primary); birch (secondary); white pine (secondary)
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Chippendale mahogany camelback sofa with serpentine roll arms, serpentine front seat rail, slightly tapered molded legs; the medial stretchers point forward toward the center leg, the secondary woods are birch and white pine. This is the first camelback sofa we have been able to acquire in many years that meets our critical determination of indisputable American origin.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 7, p. 2027, pl. P5410. - Variant Titles:
- Chippendale mahogany camelback sofa
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament--Chippendale style
Furniture--United States - Period/Style:
- Chippendale
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 5410
- Genre:
- sofas (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
Physical Object - Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Title:
- Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
- Source Created:
- New York, New York, United States
1957–1990 - Source Note:
- Sack, 1983
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- Kane 10976nc, ClearBin1 tiff_complete
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10993837
- PID:
- digcoll:1024880
